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erstrecht.wiedies bei den meisten Apameen der Fall ist. Die letzteweisse 

 Wellenbinde vor den Franzen ist von der Mitte bis zum Innenrande am 

 dunkelsten nach innen begrenzt and sie beginnt hinter der Flugclspitze. 

 Die Franzen sind braun, und in solche laufen die Adern in weissen Punk- 

 ten aus. Der Hinterleib ist schmutzigweiss, die Hinterilugel sind rein 

 weiss ohne Mondflecken oder dunkeln Anting an den Franzen. Die 

 Fiihler sind gefarbt hellbraun. Die Unterseite ist einfach weiss. Die 

 Vorderflugel sind vom Vorderrand bis in die Fliigelmitte braiinschattig 

 angeflogen, nur die Nierenmackel sammt der letzten Binde scheinen 

 heller durch. Die Franzen sind bier weiss und braun gescheckt. Die 

 Hinterfliigel zeigen Spuren von ganz schwachen Mittelpunkten. 



Es wurde diese Eule einzeln von Herrn Dr. Nickerl bei Prag 

 erzogen, und ich gebe ihr den Namen des Herrn Entdeckers, der mir 

 solche gefalligst mitgetheilt hat. 



Herrich-Schiiffer's figure is better, but poor. The figure in 

 " Spuler " (1910) is still better, and compares characteristically with 

 those of L. testacea and L. dumerilii between which it is placed. 



{To be concluded.) 



Digne. 



By EOSA E. PAGE, B.A. 



So much has been written about this famous haunt of entomo- 

 logists, that 1 approach the subject rather timorously. But the cold 

 wet Spring of 1910, followed by an almost equally wet Summer, with 

 temperatures much below the normal, had produced such a backward 

 state of things over the whole of N.W. Europe, that it may be interesting 

 to compare the dates of emergence of the various species of Ehopalocera 

 with those of former years. 



We left London on July 22nd ; the day was cold, the skies leaden ; 

 similar weather conditions obtained in the Channel. When we 

 arrived at Dieppe it Avas steadily raining, which it continued to do, 

 the temperature remaining very low, during the whole journey across 

 France, until we reached the Col de la Croix Haute, on the ridge of 

 the Dauphine Alps. 



Immediately the train commenced the long descent towards Veynes, 

 the weather changed. The herbage, which had been reeking with 

 moisture on the northern slope, was here quite dry ; glimpses of blue 

 sky soon appeared, giving promise of more; as we neared St. Auban, 

 the extent of blue steadily increased, and we could see that we were 

 leaving the dull, gloomy, rainy zone behind us and entering what we 

 discovered to be a belt of high pressure, extending over Southern 

 France, and which providentially continued during the fortnight we 

 were at Digne. 



On the 24th, at 5 a.m., the sun shone brilliantly in an azure sky ; 

 there was every appearance of a glorious day and we went to seek the 

 famous Baths. Our first capture was Coenoni/inpJia darns on the river 

 bed skirting the Grand Parade ; this species was more abundant along 

 the road, but swarmed, in perfect trim, in company with Ejiinepliele 

 tithonus on some pale yellow labiate flowers on the river bank, about 

 a mile beyond the Etablissement. Colias edusa and C /lyale were 



